Chapter 84.1

Yurina wondered if it was necessary to bother, but she nodded because Betsy was so excited. It wasn’t bad for her, it’s a good thing, but she wondered what could be bad about doing it twice.

“Oh, and I’ve already got permission from your mother. She told me to prepare with the utmost care.”

“My mother?” Yurina asked in bewilderment. Now it became clear, Betsy not only thought about it out loud, but seriously working on it idea.

“Then why didn’t you tell me? If I didn’t ask you now, I wouldn’t even know?”

If she knew that she was preparing a party for Reynard, Yurina would be the most excited to prepare it. However, it felt strange to think that everyone in the villa knew, but she was the only one who didn’t.

“If the lady knows, milady, Reynard will also find out. That’s why I just couldn’t. Now that you know it, still keep it a secret.”

Betsy once again put her index finger to her lips and hissed.

* * *

It was decided that Reynard’s graduation party would be held the next day. The servants at the villa, including Betsy, have been busy since dawn.

The villa, built solely for the Carthia family’s resting, had no banquet halls. Since there were very few guests and there was no large drawing room, the party was decided to be held in the garden overlooking the sea. It was an outdoor party.

Instead of helping with the preparations, Yurina had been following Raynard since early morning to prevent him from going outside or into the garden. Because of Yurina’s cold, Raynard didn’t leave the four walls that often, so hiding the preparations wasn’t worth much effort.

In the middle of all their trips to the library for a book, to the bathroom, or to the terrace, Reynard broke down and grabbed Yurina’s cheeks tightly. He smiled broadly as he looked down at her lips jutting out from the pressure on her cheeks.

“You’re just like a duckling.”

“Um-m-me?”

Her cheeks were compressed and her voice was unintelligible.

“Ducklings always follow their mother duck. Why are you following me like this today? With your lips stick out like that, you look even more like a duckling.”

He took advantage of the lack of servants in the room and cheekily kissed Yurina on the lips.

“But I’ll be your favorite duckling, won’t I?”

Yurina tried to speak firmly, but this time too, her pronunciation was broken. Raynard heard this and laughed again.

“Sit down and read a book.”

Yurina and Reynard were now sitting in the living room, relaxing, reading books or playing games. Yurina kept looking at the door, waiting for Betsy, but as soon as Reynard went to the window, she quickly ran up and threw him back onto the sofa.

What was happening was more than obvious to him, but, fortunately, Reynard didn’t show it. He just watched Yurina stalking him and was happy.

“It’s time for dinner,” Betsy entered the living room. “Milady, Reynard. The dinner is ready.”

This was their conventional sign, meaning ‘everything is ready’. Yurina grabbed Reynard’s hand and quickly ran out of the room.

“Where are you going?”

Yurina was now leading him past the dining room. That’s when Reynard asked.

Yurina suppressed her laughter inside and calmly replied:

“The weather is good. We decided to eat outside. How about looking at the sea?”

“Well, whatever.”

As they left the mansion, a loud noise was heard from afar. Yurina escorted Reynard into the garden, feigning spontaneity to the very end.

“Outdoor barbecue today. Fresh seafood, isn’t it delicious?”

“Oh yes.”

“You won’t find anything like that in your capital, so don’t be shy.”

Seeing the two of them, the servants with excited faces rushed to the entrance to the garden. Yurina pushed Reynard in the back.

No, she tried to push. Raynard managed to advance, grabbed her by the shoulders and placed her in front of the servants.

“Huh?”

As Yurina turned to Raynard in confusion, she heard the loud voices of Betsy and others from behind.

“Milady, happy birthday!”

“Happy birthday!”

What? Birthday? Yurina was so embarrassed that for a moment she had a crazy thought: is today Ray’s birthday?

Yurina looked at Reynard in bewilderment at those strange words.

Raynard, whom she was trying to trick, showed no surprise at the scene unfolding before him.

Rather, he smiled brightly at her.

“Yurina, happy birthday.”

“Yes?”

“My lady, you need to blow out the candles!”

Betsy approached Yurina with a three-tiered cake decorated with fruit. There were seventeen candles in total on the cake. Raynard snapped his finger and the candles lit up one by one.

‘Ah…’

Upon seeing the cake, Yurina counted down today’s date.

21st of the month of flowers.

It was her birthday, after all.

She forgot about everything in the world and didn’t even know that her birthday would be soon.

As Yurina stared dumbfounded at the cake, Raynard took the cake from Betsy and placed it in front of her.

“Why don’t you blow it out the candles?”

“Uh?”

“Make a wish and blow out the candles.”

Seeing his calm manner, Yurina realized that Reynard also knew about the party.

The moment she realized this, Reynard’s smiling face and the cake in front of her began to blur. Tears flowed down my cheeks.

Yurina hurriedly wiped her cheeks, but the tears continued to flow treacherously.

“Really…”

It was only today that Yurina realized why Reynard had tears in his eyes when she threw him a birthday party.

Reynard must have felt as if his heart was going to burst like this.

Yurina cried while looking at Reynard and blew out 17 candles at once. But before blowing them out, she thought of one thing.

‘I hope it will be filled with only happy things like this.’

No more, no less. Be as happy as you’re now.